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Title
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Lowertown
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Description
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1995 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Lowertown is an urban renewal project that transformed an underused warehouse district in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, into a vibrant, mixed-use urban village. For over 20 years, the city took a comprehensive approach to the redevelopment of the historic neighborhood, which is now home to thriving art studios, entertainment centers, local businesses, parks, and walk-to-work housing. The project was envisioned not as a short-term fix for a declining neighborhood but as a long-term approach to creating a vital, dynamic, economically viable, and desirable new urban neighborhood.
The successful redevelopment is the result of a collaboration between public agencies, private lenders, foundations, neighborhood organizations, artist communities, business associations, and other local organizations. More than 70 projects have been completed, and the gradual approach has allowed for incremental, preservation-oriented rehabilitation; retention of community self-reliance; and maximum leveraging of private investment.
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Coverage
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St. Paul, MN
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Date
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1992
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Subject
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mixed-use developments
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historic preservation
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housing rehabilitation
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low-income housing
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mixed-income housing
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public-private sector cooperation
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historic districts
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central business districts
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Contributor
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City of St. Paul Parks Department
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Contributor
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en
Public Agency
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City of St. Paul Department of Planning & Economic Development
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Contributor
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en
Public Agency
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City of St. Paul Public Works Department
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Contributor
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en
Public Agency
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Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson
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Zaidan Holdings
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Bentz Thompson
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Artspace Projects, Inc.
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Contributor
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Community Group
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Downtown Community Development Council
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Contributor
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en
Community Group
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Downtown Council of St. Paul
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Contributor
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en
Community Group
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Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation
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Rights
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Lowertown application
Lowertown case study
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